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Taiwan was perhaps the first developing country to adopt an export-oriented trade strategy after World War II. The …. In 1954, economist S. C. Tsiang proposed that Taiwan boost export earnings rather than squeeze import spending to deal … later, a leading policymaker, K. Y. Yin, fought for the adoption of Tsiang's proposal, helping clear the way for Taiwan …
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Does the offshoring of production degrade or enhance the innovative capabilities of manufacturing firms? We contribute to this debate by exploiting a policy shock that differentially affected the ability of Taiwanese firms to offshore some products to China. We find causal evidence that...
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use to the loss in farm income brought about by natural disasters in Taiwan. To account for endogenous exposure to …
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Superstition is a widespread phenomenon. We empirically examine its impact on health-related behavior and health outcomes. We study the case of the Taiwanese Ghost Month. During this period, which is believed to increase the likelihood of bad outcomes, we observe substantial adaptions in...
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compare the estimates with those obtained using data for Taiwan and find the results to be robust. We perform counterfactuals …
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largest agri-food e-commerce platform in Taiwan. We find that an additional confirmed case of COVID-19 increased sales by 5 … coverage and online content. Because Taiwan did not impose a stay-at-home order, the demand for online food shopping may be …
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A positive correlation between productivity and export market participation has been well documented in producer micro data. Recent empirical studies and theoretical analyses have emphasized that this may reflect the producer's other investment activities, particularly investments in R&D or new...
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female mortality (EFM) and fertility in Taiwan. For identification, we exploit plausibly exogenous variation in the …
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This paper exploits a natural experiment to estimate the causal impact of parental education on child health in Taiwan …
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learning model. Using two-period panel-structured survey data from Taiwan, we find that subjective probabilities of living to …
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